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A review by dana_naylor
Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong by Michael Wejchert
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
3.0
Book tells of 2018 climbing accident in Alaska that left one climber paralyzed. Interesting addition to climbing literature with meditation on rescues available now via improved communication and the risk/reward calculation in climbs and possible consequences.
A few things really bothered me though….snark early in book about McDonald’s coffee lawsuit that shows both author and editor don’t know facts of case, which makes me question accuracy of all author’s reporting: “anathema to Americans used to suing fast-food chains over the temperature of their coffee.” (p16) And towards end where author says, “I tell him I’d never be able to handle what he’d dealt with thus far.” (p226). Interjection makes me want to wallop author. There isn’t an option….other than suicide. Keep editorializing to thoughts on climbing.
A few things really bothered me though….snark early in book about McDonald’s coffee lawsuit that shows both author and editor don’t know facts of case, which makes me question accuracy of all author’s reporting: “anathema to Americans used to suing fast-food chains over the temperature of their coffee.” (p16) And towards end where author says, “I tell him I’d never be able to handle what he’d dealt with thus far.” (p226). Interjection makes me want to wallop author. There isn’t an option….other than suicide. Keep editorializing to thoughts on climbing.